House will act on livestock drought aid: Speaker Boehner
| Reuters
Monsanto's Droughtgard corn doesn't seem to be performing as advertised.
"“If we were to conduct an apples-to-apples comparison today, we’d find
that breeding and improved farming practices have increased drought
tolerance in corn about two to three times faster than DroughtGard,”
said Gurian-Sherman. “Classical and newer forms of breeding are also far
cheaper.”
Finally, Monsanto’s advertising campaigns touted its intention to
develop seeds that yield “more crop per drop,” but there is no evidence
that DroughtGard will help the crops or farmers use water more
efficiently. And the biotech industry’s pipeline for other
water-efficient crops is virtually dry.
Monsanto’s “DroughtGard” Corn Barely a Drop in the Bucket | Union of Concerned Scientists
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